§ Lord Berkeleyasked Her Majesty's Government:
What were, for each year from 1994 to the present. the number of passenger train miles and freight train miles operated. [HL3350]
§ Lord WhittyInformation about freight train miles is not available at present. Estimates of passenger train miles run on the national railway are as follows:
Millions 1994–95 212 1995–96 220 1996–97 229 1997–98 237 1998–99 (provisional) 249 Source
Data from British Rail have been used to produce two estimates for 1994–95 and 1995–96. Figures for 1996–97 and 1997–98 have been derived from OPRAF annual reports. The 1998–99 figure has been provided in advance of the publication of the OPRAF annual report later this month. Figures exclude train mileage run by non-national operators, including London Underground, operators of other urban railways, and Eurostar.